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J. R. FITZHUG'H.

HAND CART.

No. 342,905. Patented June 1,1886.

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HAND CART.

No. 342,905. Patented June 1, 1886.

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NITED STATES JACOB R. FITZHUGH, OF UhlIONVlLLE, NEW' JERSEY.

HAND

-cART.

SIPECIEIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,905, dated June1, 1886,

Application filed February 6,18%)- Renewed February 24, 1886. Serial No.193094. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB R. FITZHUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Unionville, in the county of Gloucester and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Carts,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a handcartwith my improvements attached. Fig. 2 is the same with the body removed.Fig. 3

is a plan view of running-gear with wheels removed. Fig. 4 shows how therunning-gear may be used for transporting a watercask.

My invention relates to that class of vehicles known as hand-carts, andit consists in the several combinations of devices herein described andclaimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A A represent two metal castings of peculiarconstruction, each one being provided with a short axle, a, as shown inFig. 3. The upper portion of each casting is notched at a to receive theends of the bar B, which supports the body B when in position, as shownin Fig. 1.

' Immediately beneath the notches a, and on the inside of each casting AA, I secure the burr 12, provided with projections or teeth to clamp andhold the body, as will be hereinafter explained. The castings areprovided with the lapping arms 00, which slide snugly within the loops 0c, as shown in Fig. 3. The lever-arm D is pivoted to the casting A at d,and to a bracket, 9, in the casting A at d,- Fig. 3, and on the underside of the free end of the lever is formed a projection or pawl whichcatches in the rack-bar E, whereby the lever is held in any desiredposition. The rack-bar is secured on the under side of the slot in thehead-block E, to which are attached the forward ends of the side bars, FF, while the rear ends of the said bars are rigidly secured to thecastings AA, as shown in Fig. 3. Near the rear and outside of thecastings are formed pockets ee, for the reception of the rear ends ofthe side bars, by which construction the side bars are held securely inposition. On the forward end of' the castings are formed the fingers ee, which clasp and hold firmly the side bars, F F.

From the above description of my device it is evident that as thelever-arm ,D, turning on its fulcrum-pivots d d, is moved to the rightor left will move the casting A A from or toward each other, thuswidening or contracting the space between the burrs b for a purposehereinafter explained.

To the side bars, F F, is secured the bent rod G, extending down to adistance equal to about one-half of the diameter of the wheels H, so asto support the side bars when at rest 'on nearlya plane level with theaxles a. From the lower angle formed in this bent rod rises the rod G,which, extending through a perforation, g, in the bracket 9, terminatesin a book, which fits into a staple, t, on the front of the body B,thereby aiding to hold the body in place on the running-gear.

The operation ofdevice is as follows: The 1ever-arm D being moved totheleft of the rackbar E, the burrs b are separated, so as to allow thebody of the cart to be placed inposition that is, with the ends of thesupporting-bar B resting in the notches a, and the hook on the upper endof the rod G resting in the staple 2' on the front of the body, as shownin Fig. 1. The lever-arm D is then moved toward the right side of thecart until the projections or teeth on the burrs b are forced into thesides of the body, when the lever-arm is caught and held by theratchet-bar E, thus holding the body safely clamped between the burrs.To release and removethe body, it is only necessary to release thelever-arm D and the body.

It is also evident that my running-gear may be applied to other uses byremoving the body of the cart. If it be desired to transport a back thecart so that the wheels will be on the opposite sides of the cask, thenraise the side bars or shafts until the burrs b are brought a littlebelow the plane of their normal level,

slip the hook from the staple i on the front of cask of water, it wouldonly be necessary to and press the lever-arm D toward the right side ofthe slot and drop it on the rack-bar. Then bring the side bars down totheir proper level, and the side bars, acting as levers with the axlesas their fulcrums, will raise the cask slightly, and, being thussuspended immediately between the wheels of the cart, the cask isreadily transported to any desired spot, where,by simply releasing thelever-arm D,the cask is safely deposited without other hahdling. Balesand boxes can be readily removed in the same way. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The castings A A, provided with the arms 0 O and burrs I), incombination with the lever-arm D, side bars,F F, and the wheels H, allconstructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The castings A A, provided with the arms 0 O, the burrs b, axles a,in combination with the lever-arm 1), provided with a pawl, side bars, FF, rack-bar E, head-block E, and wheels H, all constructed to operatesubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the supporting; bar E, the castings A A,provided with the axles a, notches a, burrs b, of the side bars, FF, andwheels H, all constructed to operate substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

J AOOB R. FITZHUGH.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. PARKER, LEwIs STARR.

